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Summary: No nonsense.
Review: As a director specialising in performance based commercials, I found this book immensely helpful. It is solid advice, presented in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice. What's more ... it works.
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Summary: A Tremendously Helpful Guide
Review: As I prepared to direct my first feature film this book proved to be incredibly valuable. It greatly improved my "actor vocabulary," enabled me to anticipate a number of questions the actors ultimately asked, and provided me with an excellent array of rehearsal techniques. I highly recommend this book for directors, writers, and other creative persons who desire to more fully understand and appreciate the actor's craft.
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Summary: The Only Book on Directing I Have Ever Loved
Review: Completely unpretentious. Thoroughly knowledgeable and confident. Allows you to discover the concepts yourself, rather than spouting them at you. And yet...also completely able to be referenced. In other words... the best book on directing I've ever read. The only I will ever recommend. To actors and directors alike. I hate to call it "hype," but after reading the book feverously (which, for a book on directing, is almost unheard of), it is safe to believe it here. All the endorsements on the back cover from people working "in the industry" no longer ring of marketing salesmanship, but of complete honesty. There are few things in this world I would endorse, given the chance. This is one of them. I don't want to say it "changes you." But I will say I had more thoughts and ideas OF MY OWN while reading this book that ever before. The reason? It's like any craft: if you sit down to make something, you usually don't really know what to make specifically until you get to know your tools. Then--once you know what you can be done, what things are available to you to use, the ideas of what you can do with these tools start flowing. I'd like to thank Ms. Weston for introducing me to some of the tools. Actually, I have thanked her. She called me back. I'm still floored by that.
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Summary: News you can use!
Review: DIRECTING ACTORS is a gem. Yes, it's written with the actor firmly in mind, and yes, it's directed at directors - both new and experienced - who want to understand the heart of performance, of story telling, and how to bring the two together. There is quite simply nothing like it. As a director, film professor, and one of Judith's long-time students, I continue to use and recommend this book to directors, producers, editors, students, actors, and writers. The techniques are simple, the exercises are clear, and the teaching finally comes alive when you get to experience what actors call being IN THE MOMENT... watching a scene unfold with clarity, magic, from a place in the heart. This book is a gift - use it with passion!
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Summary: Powerful techniques
Review: For anyone confused by all the 'methods' of directing and coaching performances, Judith Weston's book is a bible that compiles the most useful and fruitful of all techniques...it's a little Uta Hagen, a little Stella Adler, a little Sanford Meisner and Stanislavski. But a more accessible reference. Her premises and methods are so clear, they can be grasped by actors or non actors. Use the book as a text, a reference, or an encyclopedia of quick fixes.
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Summary: Good guide for Directing
Review: Good book for those who wish to direct; written well and thoughtfully. She moves through steps systematically without placing people into boxes.
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Summary: Good guide for Directing
Review: Good book for those who wish to direct; written well and thoughtfully. She moves through steps systematically without placing people into boxes.
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Summary: essential reading for directors
Review: I have been directing for years and this book has all the secrets! The techniques described work wonders...I now know how to communicate effectively with my actors!
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Summary: essential reading for directors
Review: I have been directing for years and this book has all the secrets! The techniques described work wonders...I now know how to communicate effectively with my actors!
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Summary: better shop around
Review: i was really disappointed when i received this book. the book is poorly organized and confusing. the directing/acting techniques are basic. and the whole thing is written with this weird dianetics style. luckily i discovered "the actor prepares" by stanislovsky. its THE acting book. and written from the point of view from a director trying to improve the performance of his actors.
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